AUTUMN MATHS ART

In maths we have been learning about tessellating shapes.

These can be found in nature, in design and in art.

Tessellating shapes are shapes that do not overlap and have no spaces between them.

We found out that there are only three basic shapes that tessellate – these are squares, hexagons and equilateral triangles.

Other non-regular shapes that have different length sides such as oblongs and shapes with different angles like diamonds do tessellate also.

Other shapes such as circles and octagons do not tessellate.

After we had made our shapes background we drew a silhouette of an autumn tree on it and coloured our shapes in autumn colours.

To tessellate a shape, you have to slide it, rotate it or flip it.

You have to move it.

Enjoy our autumn maths art.